Quotes from Frank Ocean

Of course awards matter.

I'm about being the best.

I had writer's block for almost a year.

I hope not to define myself by suffering.

I play piano every day. I enjoy that.

I don't ever want to be caught up in a system of thinking I can do one thing 'cos that's just... that's just telling yourself a lie.

It's more interesting for me to figure out how to be superior in areas where I'm naive, where I'm a novice.

In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it.

There's just some magic in truth and honesty and openness.

Obviously, the cinematography of films is art, just as a still shot can be art. If I'm watching a Wes Anderson movie, the colour palettes alone, and the way they're painted, could be art. With music, you're a little bit limited, of course, because it's only audio.

My music definitely comes from a place of experience. Everything connects to a truth.

I make pop culture.

You just do what you can and you have as much fun as possible.

We all know we have a finite period of time. I just feel if I'm going to be alive, I want to be challenged - to be as immortal as possible. The path to that isn't an easy way, but it's a rewarding way.

I respect Drake not only as a creative person but as a business mind as well. I think Drake's important.

It's a bad religion to be in love with someone who could never love you.

If it brings me to my knees, it's a bad religion

When you're happy you enjoy the music, but when you're sad you understand the lyrics.

Those who are heartless, once cared too much.

I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go-to form of communication. And I knew I could sing from being in tune with the radio.

It started to weigh on me that I was responsible for the moves that had made me successful, but I wasn't reaping the lion's share of the profits, and that was problematic for me.

It's not essential for me to have a big debut week; it's not essential for me to have big radio records.

I'm big on what's in good taste.

When you are happy, you enjoy music, when you are sad, you understand lyrics